Yes, it is like taming a beast
You’ve all heard the impact Prof Lorimer Moseley made on my pain journey – well my diagnosis actually. If it weren’t for him I wonder how much longer I would have been [...]
July 27th, 2017
10:28 am
April 1st, 2017
1:25 pm
Encouraging Self Management
(Written by me, the founder of PainTrain) That’s easier said than done. When I first had my accident in 2007 and literally landed in chronic pain, the last thing I expected to [...]
September 29th, 2016
1:28 pm
My interview with the ABC 7:30 report
(View the story online http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2016/s4547621.htm) Tune in tonight for my interview in regard to navigating practitioners with a chronic illness. On the ABC's 7:30 report (yes, on ABC at 7:30) Patient's have [...]
August 11th, 2015
10:35 am
Back on the treatment trail
So someone got talking to someone on a plane (you know how that story goes, your eyes begin to glaze over because you're in pain thinking 'if this friend tells me I need to meet someone and sustain a new friendship, I'm going to punch him' - but in the end, it works out that you wished you had sat next to that someone on the plane, and you meet that person and you wished you had met them a very long time ago (like eight years ago for me).
March 25th, 2015
12:11 pm
Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia’s Melbourne launch
I was thrilled to be invited to The Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia (PPFA)'s Melbourne launch last night. I originally met Dr Susan Evans when I was invited to present my patient story at AIM Pain 2014. I had cyber met Dr Evans prior, asking if I could include her details on this website, in fact I've 'e-met' many pain professionals this way. I never dreamt that one day they may all be in the one room together, all of us advocating for pelvic pain and helping start up a National organisation that addresses pelvic pain for women AND MEN. Needless to say, last night I went on a magic carpet ride!
November 24th, 2014
2:54 pm
Robert J. Echenberg, MD
I don’t think I need to write an introduction for Dr Echenberg or Bridge for Pelvic Pain. The only explanation I feel I need to give is that I was drawn (pardon [...]
May 18th, 2014
10:05 pm
Pudendal Neuralgia Association, Inc
(excerpt from www.pudendalassociation.org) Who We Are The Pudendal Neuralgia Association, Inc. was established in 2013 as a non-profit organization in the state of Massachussetts. We provide educational services to pudendal neuralgia patients [...]
May 16th, 2014
9:06 pm
A new workers compensation programme in South Australia
I met Rosemary McKenzie-Ferguson advocating an online forum for injured workers. She spoke in a way I'd never heard before, she spoke to me about support, empathy and trust, the ways an [...]
January 27th, 2014
10:38 pm
Back to yoga, thanks to Dustienne Miller’s, Your Pace Yoga
This is truly a thrilling post for me to finally be writing. I used to practise yoga 4 mornings a week for at least 45 minutes pre injury. After my warm up poses, my spine unravelling was eight minutes in shoulder stand, followed by another eight minutes in plough pose before Savasana (rest). So you can imagine how many times I've tried to get back to my yoga since knowing the benefits. i was always unsuccessful until I came across Dustienne's Your Pace Yoga dvd. I still can't work out what's different, of course I've made progress but that can't be the answer as it wasn't so long ago I attempted cat/cow pose only to begin flaring. I'd say Dustienne's sequence and breathing is definitely focused on opening, lengthening and creating space in the pelvis, it just feels great and I'm happy to report I've managed it once a week for over a month now. I know that's not huge, but I'm blowing my trumpets that I could sustain one of the routines. I hope to get to both but my struggle lying on my back may prevent me.
October 28th, 2013
1:23 pm
My pain feels like…
This is a brilliant website! Have you ever been in so much pain you found it too hard to speak? Dumb question, of course you have, you're on a PN website. Well [...]